I’m driving down the road today, and in front of me I see a van loaded with a ladder and one of those contraptions used to lift shingles onto a roof. Upon close inspection, I see the ladder is going through the roof of the van. I’m like, “OK”…
So upon closer inspection, sure enough: the roof of the van has been literally removed. Appears as if Bubba got hold of a “blowtorch and a pipe” and “went medieval” on the van. I know, I should be the last making a comment about modifying a vehicle – after all, I’ve done things to bowtie6 that people wouldn’t do to a farm animal.
I finally had a chance to pass the van, and the side of the roof looked really bad. Actually it looked like a jumbo sized can of pork-n-beans hacked with a dull can opener. The fellow behind the wheel looked like he had not a worry in the world. I admire that. He had a need to carry his tools, selected an unconventional way to solve the problem and carried on. I say Bubba did well.
I saw the ultimate pick up truck a few years ago. Someone took a school bus, removed the roof and sides from the windows up. The rear door was reinstalled forward, leaving a couple of rows of the original seats (I guess that made is a crew cab)!
Folks get creative. The van I showed had the roof partially collapsed as to provide something to keep the rain out… Go figure!